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Episode 126 - Explicit teaching with Brendan Lee
In this interview with Brendan Lee (former Assistant Principal and classroom teacher in both primary school and high school) Dan and Brendan discuss explicit instruction. Brendan explains exactly what explicit...
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Episode 125 - 5 fun ways to engage your students at the beginning of your lesson
These 5 ideas will help you stand out from other lessons to classes and get your students engaged in learning right from the beginning.
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Purple cow classroom.
Lessons are all the same and can get boring… be the...
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Episode 124 - Reignite your passion with these 2 strategies
Discover 2 simple strategies you can apply to your calendar to save you time and increase your energy levels, enthusiasm and passion for teaching again.
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Episode 123 - A simple feedback strategy to get excited about
Discover a simple feedback process you can use to get great results from your students, but also that energizes you as a teacher.
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Episode 122 - 3 steps to switch your brain off from work
Learn how to enjoy life after work by enabling your brain to be free of the worries and thoughts of school life. Use these 3 steps to switch your brain off from work.
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Episode 121 - 3 emails you need to send to reduce your meetings
It's time to reduce your meetings and save yourself some time. If you are a school leader, let's stop having regular recurring meetings just because. Reduce your workload further by getting s copy of my book at...
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Episode 120 - How to improve student motivation to learn
Discover the keys to improving your students' motivation levels in your classroom. There are plenty of great tips in this episode to help get students interested and motivated to learn.
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Episode 119 - Discussing the top half of Bloom's taxonomy
Learn how to help your students analyse, evaluate and create as I look at the top of Bloom's taxonomy.
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Episode 118 - 6 tips to help students remember, understand and apply
The bottom of Bloom's pyramid is often neglected and I want to give you some tips to help students to remember, understand and apply content. The basis from which, higher order thinking can happen.
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Episode 117 - Be a counter-cultural teacher
There is a culture in teaching, which promotes the concept of being "busy". In the wider culture, it is #hustle and it is creating workaholics. It's time for us to be more counter-cultural and focus on effectiveness...
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Episode 116 3 steps for simple, fast and effective feedback
Feedback can take a lot of time, but this simple 3 step method is simple, fast, and effective.
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Episode 115 7 reasons why you should flip your classroom
Flipped learning can save you time, improve your differentiation and a whole lot more. Listen to this episode where I talk about the benefits of flipping your classroom and how to deal with students who don't do their...
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